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* Read * Backbeat: Earl Palmer's Story by Tony Scherman ✓ eBook or Kindle ePUB. Backbeat: Earl Palmer's Story Nice but misses hagrid Could have great except for too much detail on his life as a youngster in New Orleans. Would have like more about the music he played and the recording sessions. Still a worthwhile read but could have Ben a great read.. "Outstanding Story" according to Amazon Customer. The life story of the 'inventor' of the rock and roll backbeat! Great insight on life in the 50's era of music in New Orleans.His success in LA as the premier drummer and his great down to earth language in
| Title | : | Backbeat: Earl Palmer's Story |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.50 (726 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 030680980X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 216 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-09 |
| Language | : | English |
Nice but misses hagrid Could have great except for too much detail on his life as a youngster in New Orleans. Would have like more about the music he played and the recording sessions. Still a worthwhile read but could have Ben a great read.. "Outstanding Story" according to Amazon Customer. The life story of the 'inventor' of the rock and roll backbeat! Great insight on life in the 50's era of music in New Orleans.His success in LA as the premier drummer and his great down to earth language in reliving some of the times when he was in his prime.He and Hal Blaine are the reason so many of the record labels recorded in LA, and their ability to not only provide the beat, but many times either arrange or help arrange the tunes made Earl invaluable in the studio.A must read if your into the rock and roll history . "Different Take" according to A Customer. I am a great fan of Earl Palmer and eagerly read the book. I was even lucky enough to get him to sign my copy at a jazz fest appearance. That said, this is a moving book chronicling his rise as THE New Orleans drummer to being the premier studio drummer in the world .Music is the background of this book-the foreground is more about Palmer's life, loves and career. Palmer is frank, unapologetic, opinionated and somewhat cocky.He discusses New Orleans in the Different Take A Customer I am a great fan of Earl Palmer and eagerly read the book. I was even lucky enough to get him to sign my copy at a jazz fest appearance. That said, this is a moving book chronicling his rise as THE New Orleans drummer to being the premier studio drummer in the world .Music is the background of this book-the foreground is more about Palmer's life, loves and career. Palmer is frank, unapologetic, opinionated and somewhat cocky.He discusses New Orleans in the 40's and 50's, race relations and the music scene from a first per. 0's and 50's, race relations and the music scene from a first per
As a studio player in New Orleans and Los Angeles from the 1940s through the 1970s, Earl Palmer co-created hundreds of hits and transformed the lope of rhythm and blues into full-tilt rock and roll. He was, as a result, one of the first session men to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. There he is, drumming on "Tutti Frutti," "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'," and thousands of other songs. Palmer's distinctive voice alternates with the insights of music journalist and historian Tony Scherman in an unforgettable trip through the social and musical cultures of mid-century New Orleans and the feverish world of early rock.
As a regular on the scene, Palmer played on the seminal sides by Little Richard, Fats Domino, and many other R&B and early-rock & roll performers. Marked by a preternatural sense of propulsion and delightfully sly fills, Palmer's drumming was an indispensable part of shaping the new sound. As a kid tap dancer in black vaudeville, he saw the country, crossing paths with the likes of Art Tatum and Louis Prima before embarking upon a stint in the segregated World War II Army ("You was always running into stuff you didn't like. By the '60s, he was working with Sinatra and Phil Spector, playing jazz (his first love) in clubs and contributing to dozens of movie and TV soundtracks (you'll hear him next time you watch Harold and Maude, Cool Hand Luke, or a rerun of M.A.S.H. or The Odd Couple). At first you took it. --Rickey Wright. After t
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